Korean J Sports Med.  2010 Jun;28(1):17-24.

An Analysis of Upper Limbs Injury Types of Snowboarding in 2004-2008 Season

• Hyun MS
• Jung HS

Abstract

The following conclusions deduced from the data of upper limbs injured persons 966 (total: 2,294) who visited first aid center located in ski resort in Kangwon province during every winter season from 2004 to 2008. The researcher themselves looked into the data accumulated and organized with respect to frequent types, and frequent parts of upper limbs injury. The most frequently injured body parts found from this investigation were upper limbs (42.1%), trunk region (30.7%), lower limbs (27.2%) in order. The injury of upper limbs (42.1%, n=966) was the most frequently cited snowboard injury. Among the patients of upper limbs injury, the male comprised of 23.9% (n=549) and female comprised 18.2% (n=417). The common parts of injuries were hands (50.3%, n=486) and shoulder (17.6%, n=170). the general types of injury of hands were fracture (15.4%, n=149), sprain and ligament injury (13.0%, n=126), dislocation (12.5%, n=121), contusion (7.9%, n=76), laceration (1.4%, n=14) in order.

Keyword

Injury parts; Injury types

MeSH Terms

Contusions
Dislocations
Female
First Aid
Hand
Health Resorts
Human Body
Humans
Lacerations
Ligaments
Lower Extremity
Male
Seasons
Shoulder
Skiing
Sprains and Strains
Upper Extremity